Government plans to ban disposable e-cigarettes have been welcomed by vapers but businesses fear it’s not the best way of tackling their use by kids.

An attempt to prevent the council selling off two car parks has failed and the opposition councillors behind it told to get their "act together”.

Councillors from both sides of the political divide have opened up on the more sinister aspects of the abuse and harassment they face regularly.

A Kent MP is hopeful a new law will help end the "abuse of residents" in new housing estates by management companies.

Villagers are fighting to save an iconic windmill they say is part of the fabric of their community as Kent County Council plans to sell it off.

KentOnline today launches a brand new podcast aimed at bringing the latest political news to listeners across Kent.

The cash-strapped county council is set to receive a share of the government’s emergency bailout fund – but some warn the money is a short-term fix.

The county’s highways boss has welcomed a government plan to massively increase fines on overrrunning works by utility companies.

New EU border rules set to be brought in this year could lead to chaos on Kent’s roads, MPs have been warned.

Government minister James Cleverly joined officers from Kent Police to patrol the streets ahead of an announcement on tougher knife laws.

Kent County Council has said it cannot afford to change cameras linked to alleged human rights abuses in Chinese internment camps.

Almost £1m has been earmarked to combat the scourge of anti-social behaviour on the county's streets, it has been announced.

A Kent MP says she is optimistic a Tory government will remain after the next election – and isn’t worried about losing voters under boundary changes.

KCC aims to cut £1.3m in recycling payments to local authorities, even though it may cost the authority more in the long run.

Polls show the Reform Party is growing in support in most Kent seats – and its leader says: “People are not laughing at us now.”

A council is set to build two tower blocks on a former library despite neighbours’ claims the area has already been “crammed full with properties”.

One of Kent County Council’s most senior and highest paid officials has taken a sudden and unexpected leave of absence from her role.

Kent County Council has performed a dramatic u-turn over plans it announced less than a week ago to sell off its libraries.

Controversial plans to regenerate a working dockside industrial estate into a business and enterprise campus have been submitted.

Three Kent MPs have put their names to a letter calling on the government to rethink funding levels to local authorities such as Kent County Council.